WEEK 1 - Discussion

Discussion forum

QUESTION:
Enumerate the 4 answers on "What is literature for?" based on the video. In your own words, explain each in 2-3 sentences.

1. IT SAVES YOU TIME - Despite that it looks like wasting time, literature is deemed as the "greatest time-saver" because it gives us access to a wide range of events and emotions without the need to dedicate and wait for years and decades to try to experience it directly. All the opportunities, events and emotions that you won't be able to experience in this lifetime can be experienced through the eyes and words of the writer.
2. IT MAKES YOU NICER - Literature enables us to look at the world in a different perspective. It helps us open our minds to several situations and assess our life decisions and morals which in turn, allows us to become less judgemental and have a bigger room for self-development.
3. IT'S A CURE FOR LONELINESS - All the written characters, circumstances and emotions presented in literature open up possibilities for us to look into our lives in a different perspective, that can somehow touch upon our own inner struggles. Being able to see through our struggles and emotions in another perspective helps us provide answers to the things we cannot really explain. In turn, it helps us feel contented, and have a sense of comfort and affirmation.
4. IT PREPARES YOU FOR FAILURE - Since literature provides us with characters, emotions, and instances that make us relate to it, we would be able to have a wider understanding on certain things. With that, literature enables us to become more critical in assessing situations or any matter at hand. Although making mistakes is inevitable, it helps us approach failure effectively, without negative setbacks hindering us to learn from the mistakes made.